diff --git a/src/posix/sdl/sdlglvideo.cpp b/src/posix/sdl/sdlglvideo.cpp
index 290dfd6a1..d88c2bc6a 100644
--- a/src/posix/sdl/sdlglvideo.cpp
+++ b/src/posix/sdl/sdlglvideo.cpp
@@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ SDLGLVideo::SDLGLVideo (int parm)
         fprintf( stderr, "Video initialization failed: %s\n",
              SDL_GetError( ) );
     }
-#ifndef	_WIN32
-	// mouse cursor is visible by default on linux systems, we disable it by default
-	SDL_ShowCursor (0);
-#endif
 }
 
 SDLGLVideo::~SDLGLVideo ()